Ed Dwight, a 90-year-old artist and ... At 90 years and eight months old, Dwight is the oldest person ever to fly in space, edging out actor William Shatner, who launched aboard a New Shepard ...

At 90 years and 8 months old, Ed Dwight is officially the oldest person ever to fly to space. A former U.S. Air Force pilot, Captain Ed Dwight was once tapped by President John F. Kennedy to be ...

"Long time coming," 90-year-old Ed Dwight said following the space flight. Ed Dwight, the United States' first Black astronaut candidate, became the oldest person ... oldest to fly to space.

In 1961, Ed Dwight hoped ... Funk became the oldest person to travel to space at age 82. At 90 years old, Shatner took the title of the oldest person in space. Now, Dwight will have him tied.

The first black man to train with NASA in the 1960s will finally travel to space aged 90 on the next Blue Origin rocket flight - making him the oldest astronaut on record. Ed Dwight joined the U.S ...

Ed Dwight had to wait more than ... mission and he did not get a chance to go to space... until now. On Sunday, the 90-year-old became the oldest person to go to space. The Blue Origin spacecraft ...

On May 19, former NASA applicant and Air Force pilot Ed Dwight broke through Earth's upper atmosphere to become the oldest man in ... astronaut would not fly to outer space until Dr. Guy Bluford ...

open image in gallery Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut, pictured in 2023. On Sunday, he will become the oldest person to go to space (Getty Images for National Geogra ...

This Friday, morning meteorologist Nicole Phillips found the inspirational story of Ed Dwight ... actor William Shatner as the oldest person to ever fly in space, and says he’s not finished ...

When President Dwight Eisenhower created the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), he made it integrated. This action did away with things like “Colored” bathrooms, water ...

Celebrated on magazine covers, deluged in fan mail, addressing audiences around the country, Ed ... Dwight’s artwork. The liftoff in West Texas that made Dwight the oldest person to enter space ...